I couldn't disagree more.
We are told that there is no expectation of privacy in public, and are photographed and monitored on an ongoing basis. But when the people take photos of authorities they're now somehow criminals? That is hypocrisy of the highest order.
It would have been basically impossible for an innocent bystander to be wrongfully swept up in a protest dragnet.
NYC is a crowded place. There are people everywhere there. NYPD was using orange nets to literally dragnet everyone in certain areas. Lots of innocent bystanders were swept up.
Sorry, but you are just wrong. Again, NYC is extrememly congested under the best circumstances. The illegal protests caused horrible traffic problems. That may sound like inconvenience, but in NYC, terrible traffic jams mean deaths because ambulances can not get to hospitals and firetrucks can not get to fires. Everyone had the right to protest, but they needed to get a permit. If they decided to stage a protest without a permit they got arrested. End of story.
NYC is a crowded place. There are people everywhere there. NYPD was using orange nets to literally dragnet everyone in certain areas. Lots of innocent bystanders were swept up.
That's BS. The Police used the nets to keep protestors OUT of certain areas. The protestors repeatedly broke through the nets. The police ordered the mobs to disband. At all times, the protestors had the option of simply walking away. In most cases, crossing the street would have been sufficient. When the cops had had enough, they arrested the people closest to the nets.
Remember, everybody's innocent in Shawshank.